October 2026
As India and China repair ties, a Tibet film tells the story of a forgotten resistance
HANOI, Vietnam | In the mountains of Nepal’s Mustang region, just hours from the homeland he had never seen, Tenzin Rigzin Phurpatsang struggled to breathe the air his Tibetan ancestors had adapted to over generations. The thin air felt heavy. The 37-year-old, first-time actor was in Mustang to film “Four Rivers Six Ranges,” a historical […]
FBI has commissioned a classified and internal ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short’
WASHINGTON | The FBI is issuing a classified report to its workforce examining what it says are chapters from the bureau’s history “where this institution fell short,” according to an internal message obtained Friday by The Associated Press. It was unclear what episodes from the FBI’s past are chronicled in the new “Patel Report.” But […]
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio | Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were […]
Axe-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns
CAIRO | The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who’d been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said Saturday. The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, according to three […]
Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know
Sean and Heidi Cripe will never forget the call from their son’s high school saying Davis was being taken to the emergency room. “He chugged an energy drink — like, just trying to be cool,” said Sean Cripe, recounting the day nearly a decade ago. The teen’s heart soon fell out of rhythm and he […]
The Supreme Court will hear a climate change case involving the devastating Marshall wildfire
LOUISVILLE | Less than an hour on after the first warning that a wildfire was headed for her suburban street, Tawnya Somauroo’s Boulder County home was in ashes. She has worked tirelessly for nearly five years to rebuild her house and help ensure her neighborhood can withstand the next blaze. But as climate change contributes […]
Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole
A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, rejected Amber Guyger’s initial parole request in 2024, but […]
Federal report says pilots weren’t warned about wind before Amazon cargo plane crashed in Miami
Despite regulations requiring it, an air traffic controller failed to tell the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds as they landed in Miami, careening off the runway and killing five people last month, according to a preliminary report Thursday from the National Transportation Safety Board. Just four minutes […]
Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE has surgery to remove bullet
AUSTIN | A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by a federal immigration agent in Texas had surgery Thursday to remove the bullet lodged in his back for nearly two weeks. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, had appeared in court in a wheelchair on Wednesday, wearing a sling on his arm. He remains in custody […]
In-flight attack on FlyDubai pilot puts aviation security measures under fresh scrutiny
JERUSALEM | Israel has some of the world’s most stringent air travel security measures. The United Arab Emirates proudly adheres to international aviation safety standards. Yet those safeguards failed to prevent a flight between the countries from taking a dangerous plunge during an alleged attack in the cockpit. The copilot allegedly stabbed the captain in […]